Thursday 6th September, 2018

By Isaac
Newton Tetteh, GNA
Ashaiman, Sept. 05, GNA - A 20-year-old
driver’s mate has been jailed for 10 years for possessing marijuana.
Baba Mohammed, was arrested on the 19th
January 2016 after the Ashaiman Divisional Police Command conducted a swoop to
flush out persons peddling in narcotics at the VALCO flat area within the
Ashaima

By Isaac
Newton Tetteh, GNA

Ashaiman, Sept. 05, GNA - A 20-year-old
driver’s mate has been jailed for 10 years for possessing marijuana.

Baba Mohammed, was arrested on the 19th
January 2016 after the Ashaiman Divisional Police Command conducted a swoop to
flush out persons peddling in narcotics at the VALCO flat area within the
Ashaiman Municipality.

Delivering the judgment, the Presiding Judge of
the Ashaiman Circuit Court, Mr Gabriel Mate-Teye, said the accused person did
not show remorse in court.

He further explained that, pursuant to section
2(1) of the Narcotic drugs enforcement and sanctions Act (PNDC law 236/900), it
was unlawful to possess illicit drugs without legal authorization.

The prosecuting officer, Superintendent
Fliayance Senam Adika, stated in his evidence, which was read to the court by
the judgethat, the convicted
personwas arrested when the divisional
commander ordered his men to carry out a swoop at ‘Spider Toilet’ near
ValcoFlats in the Ashaiman
municipality.

According to Superintendent Fliayance Senam
Adika, the convicted person was arrested after a fierce resistance, after which
a “margarine tin” full of marijuana was found on him.

The convicted person told the court that the
substance was to be used for bitters for his personal consumption and therefore
pleaded guilty for the offence.